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Hace 2 días · Sir Francis Knollys was one of the favourite statesmen of Elizabeth. In 1568, when Mary, Queen of Scots, took refuge in England, she was entrusted to the joint care of Knollys and Lord Scrope. In 1571 he was appointed treasurer of the royal household. He was made K.G. in 1593 and died in 1596. n5. P.R.O., E. 310/19/91, fo. 9. n6.
Hace 2 días · In the 16th century the great courtier and politician Sir Francis Knollys (d. 1596) transformed the medieval remains into a prodigious Elizabethan mansion arranged around two or three courtyards (Fig. 68 A–C).
Hace 3 días · Sir Francis Knollys (also the oldest ever sitting MP) was first elected as MP for Oxford in 1575 at the age of around 25 and was MP for Reading at the time of his death in 1648, a period spanning 73 years, although there were eight periods, amounting to 27 entire years (1590–1592, 1594–1596, 1599–1600, 1602–1603, 1605–1613 ...
Hace 5 días · The Knollys family had much influence in Wallingford in the late 16th and 17th centuries, several members of it representing the borough in Parliament, Richard Knollys, for instance, being returned to the Parliament of 1586 as a result of a letter from his father, Sir Francis Knollys, to his 'verie lovinge frends' the mayor, aldermen ...
Hace 4 días · Coke held the position only briefly; by the time he returned from a tour of Norfolk to discuss election strategy, he had been confirmed as Speaker of the House of Commons by the Privy Council, having been proposed by Francis Knollys and Thomas Heneage following his return to Parliament as MP for Norfolk.
Hace 4 días · He could afford to be magnanimous; his private secretary, Sir Francis Knollys, claimed that he was the first heir to succeed to the throne in credit.
26 de abr. de 2024 · 1 hour ago Author: Claire Ridgway. No comment yet. On this day in Tudor history, 26th April, Queen Anne Boleyn’s chaplain made a promise to the queen; Catherine Carey, daughter of Mary Boleyn, married Francis Knollys; and playwright William Shakespeare was baptised….